Sea Ealges pull a Kiwi out of the hat

Fresh from their titanic toppling of third-placed Souths Logan last week, the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles may be about to spring another trap – this time on second-placed East Tigers in today’s FOGS Cup match.

Sea Eagles chief executive Brett Winkler believes the East Tigers are very beatable, and to keep them guessing the Sunshine Coast club has included a mystery player.

Making his debut on the wing will be Jaz Nahu-Main – a Kiwi flyer straight from the Auckland competition.

Winkler is not too sure just what their new signing is capable of, but the New Zealander comes with good credentials and has been brought straight into the side.

The Coast has been fielding quite a few inquires from players since the club went online to seek quality recruits for a possible start in the Queensland Cup next year.

“Jaz was keen enough to want to move over straight away once we got a few things sorted out for him. He is a fair lump of a player and keen to have a crack, so we’ll see how he goes.”

The other talking point in a side that has been basking in the glory of a three-game winning surge is the inclusion of Caloundra’s Nick Patterson in the front row for Jason Wardrop, who is on Queensland rep duties.

“Jason will be hugely missed, but Nick is a young player we hope to bring into the side full time for next year,” Winkler said.

The Sea Eagles boss said the players has not even talked about winning four in a row, but were instead concentrating on executing their game plan.

“If they play the way we discussed at training we will get the result we want and will build some real momentum,” Winkler said.

“East are in second place, so we are moving up the ladder (in opponents).”

Winkler said the three wins had bolstered the self-belief of the team, which was competitive against the Tigers in their last encounter before Easts ran away with the game in the closing stages.